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The Dendy experimented with lots of program ideas. One of them was to go back to the days of mixing live acts and movies. Among the small number of artists they presented before abandoning the idea was the late Tony Hancock doing a standup routine.

Tony Hancock Play-date Oct 22, 1967

Tony Hancock died while on that visit to Australia leaving behind a three ep (of a projected 13) TV series of his East Cheam character down under. Regrettably the series seem to be lost.

There are few adventurous spirits left in the business. The Dendy brand lives on as a quality exhibition chain. Robert Ward would surely have liked that - Notes by David Kilderry

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